Department of
Communicative Disorders
West Chester University
Dr. Michael S. Weiss, Chair
201 Carter Drive
West Chester, PA 19383
Call: 610–436–3401
Fax: 610–436–3388
mweiss@wcupa.edu
NSSLHA
The department has an active chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA), which is open to both undergraduate and graduate student membership. When you enroll as a member of the national organization, you automatically become a member of the department chapter. Membership in the national organization entitles you to all the professional journals which ASHA distributes as well as to special privileges; such as, newsletters and reduced rates for convention registration.
Professional Conference Series
The Department of Communicative Disorders and our local chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) held the 4th annual Professional Conference Series on April 16, 2010 at WCU’s Graduate Business Center. Attendance was large this year with 100 participants. The conference was developed with three goals in mind: 1) to offer affordable continuing education credits to area professionals; 2) to provide WCU students an experience organizing and running a professional conference; and 3) to provide possible employment opportunities for our graduate students.
The topic of this year’s conference focused on current, professionally accepted practices and procedures for augmenting communication with speech output technologies. Specifically, the conference included discussion of matching technology to individuals with complex communication needs, the importance in vocabulary selection, considerations in selecting peripherals and mounting systems, the roles, competencies, and credentials of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) team members, and developing successful funding requests for speech generating devices.
We would like to thank all of the companies who participated in the career fair along with our featured speakers, Amy S. Goldman, M.S., CCC-SLP, Carrie Kane, M.S., CCC-SLP, and Robert O'Gurek.
NSSLHA officers in Black Shirts; Ms. Amy Goldman in orange, Mr. Robert O'Gurek in blue and white, Ms. Carrie Kane in grey, and Dr. Elizabeth Grillo in pale blue.
NSSLHA Conference 2010
Career Fair at the NSSLHA Conference 2010
Career Fair at the NSSLHA Conference 2010
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